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July 2015 Transplant Trial Watch now online

By: Simon Knight | Posted on 2nd July 2015

The July edition of the transplant trial watch is now available on our website and via the app for iPhone, iPad and Android. This months trials include computer-guided tacrolimus dosing, radial versus femoral cannulation for cardiac transplantation and Sorafenib in liver transplant candidates with HCC.

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September 2014 Transplant Trial Watch now online

By: Simon Knight | Posted on 2nd September 2014

After a 1 month break for the World Transplant Congress, the September 2014 edition of the Transplant Trial Watch is now available on the CET website and via our mobile app. This month, studies include an interesting analysis of the relationship between uric acid levels and CAN from the ABCAN trial, de novo Belatacept in […]

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July 2014 Transplant Trial Watch now available

By: Simon Knight | Posted on 7th July 2014

The July 2014 edition of the Transplant Trial watch is now available on the CET website, and via our app for iPhone, iPad and Android. This month’s top ten trials include a systematic review of tuberculosis prophylaxis in renal transplantation, rituximab for desensitisation of cadaveric kidney recipients and the use of albuterol in DBD donors.

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Heart transplant patient second in US Open

By: Peter Morris | Posted on 20th June 2014

Erik Compton, an American golfer, came second in the US Open last week at the age of 34. Why does this warrant a Blog? Well he has had two heart transplants, the first as a child for viral myocarditis at the age of 12 and the second a few years ago in 2007 after suffering a […]

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Transplant Trial Watch May 2014

By: Simon Knight | Posted on 2nd May 2014

The May 2014 edition of the transplant trial watch is now available on the CET site, as well as our mobile apps for iPhone, iPad and Android. This month, studies include a systematic review of hypothermic machine preservation in renal transplantation, metallic stents for biliary strictures following liver transplantation and tablet computer-based patient education.

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Transplant Trial Watch April 2014

By: Simon Knight | Posted on 2nd April 2014

The Transplant Trial Watch for April 2014 is now available on the CET website and via our app for iPhone, iPad and Android. We have selected 10 RCTs reported in the past month and looked at their quality and impact. This month, trials include ATG vs IL2RAs in kidney transplantation, long-term outcomes from CNI withdrawal […]

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January 2014 Transplant Trial Watch now online

By: Simon Knight | Posted on 7th January 2014

The January 2014 edition of the Transplant Trial Watch is now available.  This month’s new trials include Letermovir for post-transplant CMV infection, a suggestion that Alemtuzumab increases de-novo DSA production and a phase I study of a novel TLR-2 monoclonal antibody. You can read the CET’s summaries of these trials (and more) on the CET […]

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November Transplant Trial Watch now Available

By: Simon Knight | Posted on 1st November 2013

The November 2013 edition of the Transplant Trial Watch is now available on our website and via our apps for iOS and Android. This month, trials include CNI to mTOR conversion, low-pressure pneumoperitoneum for laparoscopic donors, and protocol biopsies in low-risk renal transplant recipients.

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October Transplant Trial Watch now online

By: Simon Knight | Posted on 7th October 2013

The October 2013 edition of the Transplant Trial Watch is now available on transplantevidence.com and via our app for iPhone, iPad and Android. This month, there are a number of interesting trials including failed attempts at inducing tolerance with donor stem cell infusions and an interesting protocol for a study looking at BK virus prophylaxis […]

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